- 1187: Saladin, the Sultan of Syria, captured Jerusalem from the
                  Christians.
                - 1535: Jacques Cartier discovered what became Montreal, Canada.
                - 1608: The first telescope was demonstrated by Hans Lippershey of
                  Middelburg.
                - 1780: John Andre, British army officer during the Revolutionary
                  War, was executed as a spy for negotiating with treasonous Benedict
                  Arnold.
                - 1836: Charles Darwin returned to Falmouth, England, aboard HMS
                  Beagle, after a five-year exploration of the southern oceans.
                - 1866: J. Osterhoudt patented the tin can with a key opener.
                - 1870: In a plebiscite the Papal States voted for union with Italy
                  and the country's capital moved from Florence to Rome.
                - 1889: The first Conference of American States met in Washington,
                  D.C.
                - 1890: Comedian/actor Groucho Marx was born in New York (d: 1977).
                - 1895: The first cartoon comic strip was printed in a newspaper.
                  Comedian Bud Abbott, half of Abbott and Costello team, was born in
                  New Jersey (d: 1974).
                - 1916: The San Diego Zoo was founded.
                - 1919: President Woodrow Wilson had a stroke, leaving him partially
                  paralyzed.
                - 1924: Delegates at the League of Nations meeting in Geneva adopted
                  a protocol aimed at resolving all international disputes by
                  arbitration.
                - 1936: The first alcohol-fueled power plant opened in Kansas.
                - 1944: The Nazis crushed the Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people.
                - 1967: Thurgood Marshall became the first black member of the U.S.
                  Supreme Court.
                - 1985: Actor Rock Hudson died of AIDS-related complications at age
                  59 in Los Angeles.
                - 1990: 127 people were killed when a hijacked Chinese jet crashed
                  into two parked planes at Canton Airport following an explosion on
                  board.

                *Happy Birthday*
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                - Lorraine Bracco, 43, actress, "GoodFellas"
                - Clive Barker, 46, writer, "Lord of Illusions"
                - Johnnie Cochran, 62, attorney, O.J. Simpson defense attorney
                - Donna Karan, 50, fashion designer
                - Don McLean, 53, singer, "American Pie"
                - Rex Reed, 60, movie critic/panelist
                - Sting, 47, musician/actor, "The Police" lead, soloist